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Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Acute Dacryocystic Retention
Nandini Bothra1, Mohammad Javed Ali1
1Govindram Seksaria Institute of Dacryology, L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
Abstract:
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated dacryocystic retention presents with an acute swelling in the lacrimal sac area with epiphora and lymphadenopathy. The patient would usually have a preceding history of infectious mononucleosis with clinical features of fever, pharyngitis, preauricular and cervical lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, subclinical hepatitis, nausea, and palatine petechiae. The present case is of a 3-year-old child who presented with a sudden painless swelling in the lacrimal sac region with epiphora. Investigations and a biopsy helped in establishing the diagnosis of EBV-associated dacryocystic retention which resolved completely with conservative management.
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